Alaska wildfires surpass 2-million acre mark

The amount of acreage burned in Alaska wildfires this summer surpassed the 2-million-acre mark on Wednesday, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s daily situation report released this morning.

Through July 1, a total of 621 fires have burned an estimated 2,128,750.4 acres. The total acreage increased by 243,990.6 acres on Wednesday as a result of better mapping and reconnaissance on fires.

At 31,059 acres and counting, the Whitefish Lake 1 Fire near Aniak in Southwest Alaska is one of 31 fires currently burning in Alaska that are currently over 20,000 acres.

That said, we still don’t have a single fire that has surpassed the 100,000-acre mark, though there are 31 fires that are 20,000 acres or larger. Here’s a list of the 10 biggest fires currently burning in Alaska, according to the AICC: